单词 | to touch out |
释义 | > as lemmasto touch out to touch out 1. transitive. To add or remove (a detail) in an artwork, photograph, etc., using small, light, or precise strokes; spec. (a) to remove or erase (an element, detail, etc.) using delicate strokes; to repair or conceal (a flaw, blemish, etc.) in this way (also figurative); (b) (in sculpture, woodcarving, etc.) to carve or incise (a detail) using small, light, or precise strokes. Cf. sense 7a. ΚΠ 1831 A. Parsey Art of Miniature Painting on Ivory 158 Touch out the lighter parts of the ground in the direction they may occur. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 71/2 Tools..for fancy work, and for touching out corners difficult of access. 1941 College Eng. 2 310 Those older men saw to it that the public for which they wrote should see only the fair side of their subjects..the medals were always displayed, but the warts were carefully touched out. 1965 Artibus Asiae 27 252 The awkward juncture has been skilfully but not completely, touched out by the restorer. 1979 East & West 29 226 A smaller drill..touched out the tear ducts. 2003 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 31 Mar. 15 [Queen Victoria's] photographers, were not above slimming her stately figure, touching out her double chins or increasing her height by making her stand on a box for official photographs. 2. intransitive. To place a smart travel card against an electronic reader at the end of a journey, esp. on public transport. Cf. to touch in 2 at Phrasal verbs. ΚΠ 2007 Independent 11 Apr. (Extra section) 10/2 Balances and ticket data are held electronically on the card, and users ‘touch in’ and ‘touch out’ on card readers to pay for their journeys. 2013 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 9 All passengers holding a valid Pop card or smart Gold Card will be asked to ‘touch in’ and ‘touch out’ each time they enter or exit the Metro system. 2015 Metro (Nexis) 14 Aug. 59 Passengers should touch their contactless payment card or device on the yellow card reader at the start of their journey and touch out again at the end. < as lemmas |
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